• Moto X: The first true anti-iPhone – Google’s Motorola launches the Moto X, available on all four U.S. carriers later this month for $199. Only AT&T will offer a version that lets you customize the way it looks. And Moto X finally official: Motorola X8, 4.7-inch 720p AMOLED, custom finishes, assembled in the USA
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• When ‘Smart Homes’ Get Hacked: I Haunted A Complete Stranger’s House Via The Internet – Do you have an Insteon home automation system? One that lets you access your home’s components via the Internet? You will want to read this . . . • Instagram users complain after being struck by mysterious ‘smoothie hack’
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• Why Chromecast is such a big deal for Google, and a threat to Apple – Google’s new, simple, $35 streaming-TV dongle makes it ridiculously cheap and easy to get content from the Web onto your TV. It’s not as capable – yet – as more expensive solutions from Apple and Roku, but at this
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• Apple Earnings Tops Estimates on iPhone Sales, Sees A ‘Busy Fall’ With New Products and Apple sold 31.2m iPhones and 14.6m iPads in Q3 2013, up 20% and down 14.1% year-over-year respectively – Sales were up slightly and profit was down compared to the same quarter last year, but better-than-expected sales of iPhones and
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• Apple Developer Center Was Hacked; Site Remains Down While Company Overhauls Security – The iOS and Mac OS X development centers remain down after a hacker gained unauthorized access to them. It’s possible the attacker accessed names, mailing addresses and email address, though other information is encrypted. • Security researcher claims to have accessed
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